You may recall in 2009 SA Brains sold their free trade business to Scottish & Newcastle. As part of this deal there was a contract that enabled S&N products to be brewed at Brains Brewery, and S&N products (such as Heineken, Fosters) had to be stocked at Brains owned bars.

That contract expires this year and it's rumoured that Brains will not be renewing, which should be interesting two fold: for the future of the brewery and also the lines that Brains pubs serve.

That tends to suggest that the redevelopment of that building in Church Street is no longer going ahead. Thats odd because almost all of the tenants have been cleared out and it seems that the strip club in the basement are looking for new premises - see http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... s-13598325

It would be a dissapointment if that building wasn't redeveloped as its a dog.

As for another cocktail bar...... Is it only Cardiff that grabs on to the latest trend and then does it to death (see burger restaurants) or are all cities the same?